14:44, 02/08/2023

The Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue (PCTT-TKCN) said that due to the impact of heavy rain for many consecutive days, localized flooding occurred in some low-lying areas in the districts of Lak, Krong Ana, Ea Sup, and Krong Bong.

As of August 1, 4,551 hectares of crops were flooded, including: 4,012 hectares of rice, 481 hectares of vegetables; 57.5 hectares of perennial trees and 6.6 hectares of fish pond surface were flooded; a number of irrigation and traffic infrastructure works were eroded and damaged.

Fields in Buon Triet commune (Lak district) are deeply submerged in flood water.

The most severely flooded area is Ea Sup district, with about 2,595 hectares of various crops flooded, including: 2,056 hectares of rice, 481 hectares of vegetables, 57.5 hectares of perennial trees and 6.6 hectares of fish ponds flooded. Regarding traffic: on National Highway 14C (the road section from Hamlet 8, Ia Rve commune through Ia Lop commune), the water is over 1 meter deep, currently impassable; in Ia Lop commune, 3 inter-commune roads are flooded; in addition, some points on inter-commune roads are flooded from 10 - 20 cm. Regarding irrigation: floods damaged about 2 km of N12 canal, belonging to the main canal of the upper Ea Sup reservoir; the main canal of the West was broken at section K13 + 300; some canal works were eroded.

In Lak district: 1 house collapsed; 1,602 hectares of rice were flooded; about 30 meters of the Krong Na river bank (in Buon Triet commune) overflowed. Currently, water from streams flows very quickly, with the possibility of widespread flooding, especially in the 3 communes of Buon Triet, Buon Tria, and Dak Lieng. Particularly for Lien Son town, the communes of Yang Tao, Bong Krang, and Dak Nue are gradually receding, and farmers are focusing on repairing and taking care of their crops.

In addition, Krong Bong district has 148 hectares of flooded rice, some points on the internal roads are flooded, the water has basically receded, traffic is guaranteed; Krong Ana district has about 206 hectares of flooded rice (Dur Kmal commune 130 hectares, Binh Hoa commune about 70 hectares and Buon Trap town 6 hectares).

National Highway 14C (the road section from village 8, Ia Rve commune through Ia Lop commune, Ea Sup district) is currently not accessible.

To promptly respond to floods, the Provincial Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control has directed localities to seriously organize on-duty shifts; proactively prepare plans to ensure safety in natural disaster prevention and control according to the "4 on-site" motto, not to be passive in situations; regularly propagate and remind people to pay attention, ensure safety for people and property, if necessary, proactively evacuate people to safe places; mobilize people to urgently harvest flooded areas early with the motto "green house is better than old field". At the same time, organize inspection teams to direct the response and overcoming of consequences caused by natural disasters in Krong Ana district.

Ea Sup District People's Committee has directed the People's Committees of communes to prepare plans for evacuation in case the flood continues to rise to ensure the safety of people's lives and property. Lak District People's Committee has directed Buon Triet Commune to mobilize human resources, materials, and means to overcome the incident of riverbank collapse. Krong Ana District People's Committee has directed communes, towns, and cooperatives to increase the use of various types of pumps to promptly implement anti-flooding work for rice fields, in order to minimize damage caused by heavy rains to people's production...

Minh Thuan